We started off our morning journey at the Buckingham Palace which is the residential place of Queen Elizabeth. This palace is famous for its "Changing the Guards" where the process involve a new guard exchanging duty with the old guard. The overall process takes about 1 hour and its very interesting to watch how the guards move here and there and switching places. Reminds me of my high school marching troop lol.
Below is the time schedule of the process:
- 11:15 - Guards with the band arrive at Buckingham Palace
- 11:30 - Official start time for Changing of the Guard
- 12:00 - Changing of the Guard ceremony ends
Front entrance. Off limits to visitors.
Queen Elizabeth memorial. The crowd are patiently waiting for the Change of Guards to start.
Manage to stretch my hand between the grilles to snap this beautiful palace facade.
Starting the Change of Guards
Band playing
Principles reciting session
Security also march like them? Nah just passing by
Ending
Bye bye guards!
Different dress codes for different positions of the guards
Beautiful park near the palace
Ignore the photobomb people and embrace the mystique feeling of trees and greenery lol
Lunch at one of the Chinese restaurant. Food is reasonable. Price is cheap. Services are good. Corn soup with starch, meat and egg.
Duck with gravy and fried rice. I was famished and manage to lick the plate clean. The meal comes together with a dessert where you can choose either tea or ice cream and of course i chose the ice cream! Did not take the ice cream photo cuz my camera memory was full =_='' Anyway it was a very satisfied meal so far.
This door reminds me of a chocolate bar. Feels like standing in front of the house of Hansel & Gretel lol.
The next location is Children's Story Discover Centre, a learning center for children aged between The objective of this visit is part of a research study given by our lecturers to our seniors. And I just tagged along with the rest of the juniors. This centre helps to develop children's spoken language, listening, reading and writing skills. There are a lots of programmes available for booking like drama, story telling, exploration and interactive sessions.
The design theme is based on the story created by the children themselves like: There's a land by the sea where a UFO has landed not far from the ship where pirates live. There is a taxi by the road to carry the passengers around the city.
The colorful design brings out joy and fun and at the same time, a learning environment for the children. Not to mention the interactive spaces for them to engage better in learning and absorbing. Very nice place to visit.
Next location is to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park a sporting complex built for the 2012 Summer Olympic. A very nice place to chill out and enjoy the nature.
London Eye
St Margaret's Church at Westminster Abbey. Look at how fine the details are. Of course, the rose window, stained glass windows and arches are never missed out.
Big Ben in the evening
That's all for today. Good night!
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